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Letters .Patent No. 60,997, dated January 8, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUTTONS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONOERN:

Be it known that I, HECTOR CARLQS, a native of France, but now residing in the city and county of New York, in thc State of New York, have invented certaiirnew and useful Improvements in Buttons; and do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to the ,means of applying the button to the cloth or garment on which it is to be used, and tothe means of lsecuring it there. My buttons require no needle, or other puncturng device, other than the means of attachment, which compose part of the button; and the construction is cheaper, and the fastening is more durable, than any other having like qualities known to me. I will iirst describe what I consider the best means of carrying o nt my invention, and will afterwards dcsignatethe point which I believe to be new.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this speciication. I

Figure 1 representsniy button, with the attachments, in the condition proper for puncturing the cloth. In this condition of the parts, the button is pressed down, by hand or otherwise', so that the pointed end ofthe hinged attachment is forced through the cloth while in an extended condition.

Figure 2 represents the same after the cloth has been punctured, and after the hinged attachment has been turned round so as to stand at right angles to the shank.

Figure 3'is an end'view of thehinged part, viewed from the thin end, with the other parts also in the correct relations thereto.

Figure 3 shows the hinged part-on allarger scale.

Figure 3* shows a modification of the shank.

Figure 4 is a base view of the button, with the hinged part turned.

Figure 4 is a corresponding view of .the hinged part ou a larger scale.

Figure 5 represents a modification of the construction, with the hinged part extended.

Figure 6 represents the same, with the hinged part turned. I

Figure 7 represents a base-view of these modifications, with the hinged part removed.Y

' Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Referring to guresl 1 to 4, A is the body of the button, which may be of glass or of any other material y suitable for buttons. B is-a shank of brass or other material having suiieient strength. It is secured firmly in the body A of the button, and extends therefrom in two branchesor arms, which may be exactly parallel each t'o the other, or may converge slightly. 'lhese two branches, for which may be substituted the concave figure 3", are perforated near their outer ends, to allow the introduction of the rivet G, which secures the turning or hinged part D. The hinged part D is pointed at the end d, as represented, and is of such length each side of the rivet C as to form a very secure fastening when turned in the position indicated in tig. 2. The modieation represented in figs. 5 to 7 has the two branches of the shank joined at one of the edges, so as to make the shank, in effect, halt of a tube or caseg' and instead of the rivet, portions of the shank are .bent inward, as shown. The two branches and rivet, as shown in the preceding figures, are preferable, for obvious reasons.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

I claim, as a new article of manufacture, the. novel button herein described, composed of a body A, shank B, confining pivot C, and pointed, hinged part D D', combined and 'arranged substantially in the manner, and so as to be applied to, the garment, and secured thereon, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.'

H. CAR-LOS.

Witnesses:

'1). W. Srnrsox,

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